Hi Watari fire walking festival

Yamabushi or mountain priests in Yellow and purple robes walk across the embers of a large bonfire of ceder branches during the Hi Watari, fire walking, festival in Takao san Guchi near Tokyo, Japan. Sunday March 11th 2007

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Hi Watari, fire-walking festival